Province of Trieste

The Province of Trieste (Italian: Provincia di Trieste, Slovene: Tržaška pokrajina ) is one of the four provinces of the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. It has an area of 212 km ² and 231 677 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012). Capital is the city of Trieste.

Italian and Slovene are the official languages ​​.

Geography

The Trieste province is geographically the smallest of the Italian province with an area of 212 km ². It comprises a narrow coastal strip of 41 km in length and about 5 to 10 km wide between the border with Slovenia in the east and the Gulf of Trieste, a part of the Adriatic, in the southwest. In the northwest it borders on the province of Gorizia.

In the north of the province is the Karst (Italian: Carso ), a hilly landscape, which is interspersed with many caves. The most famous is the Grotta Gigante ( " Giant cave ").

Between the hills and the sea run state highway 14, highway A4 Torino- Trieste, a railway line.

Between Trieste and Muggia is the bay of Muggia.

There are ports in Trieste, Aquilinia (near Muggia ), Grignano ( near the castle of Miramare and Duino (near Duino ).

Population

The Trieste province has a population density of 1,120 inhabitants per km ². The majority of the population lives in the city of Trieste.

History

Since the beginning of Habsburg rule in the 13th century, the territory of today's province of Trieste was divided between the lords of Duino ( with today's communities Duino- Aurisina, Sgonico and Monrupino ), Trieste, Muggia and San Dorligo.

In 1809, the area was occupied by Napoleon's troops. A large part of today's province was administered from Trieste, San Dorligo but Postojna ( Adelberg ) from.

After the end of the reign of Napoleon, the communities Duino- Aurisina, Sgonico and Monrupino were connected to the County of Gorizia, while the city of Trieste was given an independent status within the Austrian monarchy. San Dorligo and Muggia were part of Istria.

With the border treaty of Rapallo in November 1920, the entire present-day province of Trieste and Istria were parts of Italy.

As of 1947, the modern province of Trieste was the Zone A of the Free Territory of Trieste neutral. Through the Memorandum of London on 5 October 1954, the province of Trieste was then a part of Italy and received their present boundaries. With the signing of the Italian- Yugoslav Treaty of Osimo on 10 November 1975 it was finally recognized.

Communities

The Trieste province comprises six municipalities.